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authorFrank Ch. Eigler <fche@elastic.org>2008-11-18 07:07:08 -0500
committerFrank Ch. Eigler <fche@elastic.org>2008-11-18 07:07:08 -0500
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* What's new
+- Most probe handlers now run with interrupts enabled, for improved
+ system responsiveness and less probing overhead. This may result
+ in more skipped probes, for example if a reentrant probe handler
+ is attempted from within an interrupt handler.
* What's new in version 0.8